Stop the "don't lose access to your account" nonsense.

Anonymous
2016-01-07T21:42:17+00:00

I'm prevented from logging in by a "set it up now" button on the generic log in page (using IE10). Like any security conscious enterprise, my company manages my passwords and isn't interested in this "nanny state" option. How do I bypass it?

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T02:18:11+00:00

    Good idea - when the ceo of my S&P 500 company asks me why Msft is requesting his cell phone number, I'll just tell him to go to uservoice. We all know how quickly Msft responds to that useless resource...

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-09T15:04:25+00:00

    And ranting here helps?

    Anyway, good luck.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-13T01:41:47+00:00

    What else can I do? I've never seen anything implemented that was suggested on uservoice. Premier support tickets result in 3 months of wasted phone calls, escalations and then the inevitable "this is by design" or "we'll see if we can fix this". How long can Msft trade on the monopoly on office software that they engineered? Sooner or later they HAVE to get better at creating products and listening to customers or they will fade away. The topic of this thread is a prime example of an obviously stupid design that no other company would tolerate - and if they did, they'd fix it right away. Common sense is all I'm asking for.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-13T06:37:13+00:00

    How have you implemented your user accounts? Directory synchronization, right? As mentioned long ago, go into azure with the account details you setup O365 with.... then go to active directory > configure then under "user password reset policy" change "Users enabled for password reset" to NO.. save. Then you wont be bothered by these messages again.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-07-13T11:31:59+00:00

    Many of us have already done that, yet the message still persists and MS support has done nothing about it (see below, NO is selected).  You're missing the point here Tarran, makes me wonder if maybe you secretly work for Microsoft support?

    Understand this, MS is supposed to be a corporation with customers (and I'm sure they have things like CAB's (i.e., change control)) and every change they make should have a back out plan associated with it.  They need to implement their back out plan for this specific change.  The only reason they haven't done that yet is because this change impacts other "planned" changes that are coming.  The only way around this is to provide bogus information when it prompts you (so that it won't keep on prompting you).

    Hey Microsoft - (as you all have asked us so many times)...Is there any update to this issue?

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